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Newsletter 15.05.2023
Clare Morgan20 May 2023 - 14:19
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A busy week for Abergavenny Bowls Club with the ladies and the men’s GBL team playing two league games each and the MBA side playing a friendly fixture at Panteg Park.
Abergavenny Ladies had a successful week winning both of their league games. The first of these was at Chepstow, where each team won on one rink. However, Abergavenny managed to secure victory by the narrowest of margins, 30 shots to 29. Clare Morgan’s rink took control in the second half of the game to turn round a four-shot deficit into a victory by 19 shots to 10. It was the reverse on the rink of Jenni MacGregor as their opponents outscored the Abergavenny rink over the second period, the result of which was defeat by 19 shots to 11. However, the winning of a shot on each of the last two ends helped to secure an aggregate victory for Abergavenny.
The second victory for Abergavenny Ladies was at Caldicot, where they won on one rink and tied the other to win by 37 shots to 26.The result on the rink of Lesley Radley was never in doubt as they established a seven shot lead by halfway and then went on to consolidate that lead and win by 22 shots to 11. Jenni MacGregor’s rink held a five-shot lead with four ends to play but the Chepstow rink finished strongly to secure a tie with each team scoring 15 shots.
Following the ladies team’s successful week, Abergavenny men’s GBL team had similar success with two victories over the past week. The first of these was a victory by 40 shots to 36 against Abertillery. This aggregate victory was gained by the comprehensive victory on the rink of David Hill. They took control in the second half, scoring thirteen shots and conceding only one to win by 19 shots to six. Unfortunately, the other two rinks of Maurice Padfield and Colin Griffiths could not quite gain control of their games and lost by 17 shots to 13 and 13 shots to 8 respectively.
Last Saturday Abergavenny’s GBL team welcomed Beechwood for their second league game in two days. Once again the team was successful, winning on all three rinks to record a comfortable victory by 74 shots to 36. All three rinks were in control from the beginning of the game and went on to win by 22 shots to 16 on Peter Steed’s rink, 24 shots to 13 on the rink of Colin Griffiths and 28 shots to seven on John Whomersley’s rink.
The Abergavenny men’s MBA team played a friendly fixture at Panteg Park. They could manage a victory on one rink only, consequently losing the game by 73 shots to 60. The victorious rink was that of John Vale who forged ahead in the second half of the game to win by 18 shots to nine. The rinks of Robert Poynter, Matthew Vale and Gethin Hill were defeated by 17 shots to 13, 24 shots to 15 and 23 shots to 14 respectively.
This week the men play a mid-week EMBA game at home against Crickhowell and then on Saturday travel for an MBA game at Pontnewydd and welcome Bedwelty Park to Avenue Road for a GBL fixture. The mixed team has a league game on Friday when they visit Abertillery and then play a friendly at RTB Retired next Monday.
The ladies have the opportunity to continue their successful start to the season when visit one of the two Beechwood teams for a league game next Tuesday.
Abergavenny Ladies had a successful week winning both of their league games. The first of these was at Chepstow, where each team won on one rink. However, Abergavenny managed to secure victory by the narrowest of margins, 30 shots to 29. Clare Morgan’s rink took control in the second half of the game to turn round a four-shot deficit into a victory by 19 shots to 10. It was the reverse on the rink of Jenni MacGregor as their opponents outscored the Abergavenny rink over the second period, the result of which was defeat by 19 shots to 11. However, the winning of a shot on each of the last two ends helped to secure an aggregate victory for Abergavenny.
The second victory for Abergavenny Ladies was at Caldicot, where they won on one rink and tied the other to win by 37 shots to 26.The result on the rink of Lesley Radley was never in doubt as they established a seven shot lead by halfway and then went on to consolidate that lead and win by 22 shots to 11. Jenni MacGregor’s rink held a five-shot lead with four ends to play but the Chepstow rink finished strongly to secure a tie with each team scoring 15 shots.
Following the ladies team’s successful week, Abergavenny men’s GBL team had similar success with two victories over the past week. The first of these was a victory by 40 shots to 36 against Abertillery. This aggregate victory was gained by the comprehensive victory on the rink of David Hill. They took control in the second half, scoring thirteen shots and conceding only one to win by 19 shots to six. Unfortunately, the other two rinks of Maurice Padfield and Colin Griffiths could not quite gain control of their games and lost by 17 shots to 13 and 13 shots to 8 respectively.
Last Saturday Abergavenny’s GBL team welcomed Beechwood for their second league game in two days. Once again the team was successful, winning on all three rinks to record a comfortable victory by 74 shots to 36. All three rinks were in control from the beginning of the game and went on to win by 22 shots to 16 on Peter Steed’s rink, 24 shots to 13 on the rink of Colin Griffiths and 28 shots to seven on John Whomersley’s rink.
The Abergavenny men’s MBA team played a friendly fixture at Panteg Park. They could manage a victory on one rink only, consequently losing the game by 73 shots to 60. The victorious rink was that of John Vale who forged ahead in the second half of the game to win by 18 shots to nine. The rinks of Robert Poynter, Matthew Vale and Gethin Hill were defeated by 17 shots to 13, 24 shots to 15 and 23 shots to 14 respectively.
This week the men play a mid-week EMBA game at home against Crickhowell and then on Saturday travel for an MBA game at Pontnewydd and welcome Bedwelty Park to Avenue Road for a GBL fixture. The mixed team has a league game on Friday when they visit Abertillery and then play a friendly at RTB Retired next Monday.
The ladies have the opportunity to continue their successful start to the season when visit one of the two Beechwood teams for a league game next Tuesday.
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